Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] on [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I have never heard of any one collaboration between restaurateur and artist proving more lucrative than the next , there does not seem to be any shortage of artists who will in effect take on certain risks in order to get their work out on the town . |
| 2 | COLCHESTER player-manager Roy McDonough will watch from the sidelines as his team take on Norwegian tourists Nessegutten at Layer Road this evening in a friendly fixture ( kick-off 7.45 pm ) . |
| 3 | STEVE Dowman has promised there will be no repeat of Saturday 's ‘ inept ’ performance when Wivenhoe Town take on second-placed St. Albans City in the Diadora Premier tonight . |
| 4 | The Kremlin therefore wanted to pursue competition short of armed conflict , and the mid-to-late 1950s saw the Cold War take on new dimensions and a truly global nature as Khruschev adapted to changed circumstances , proving ready , for example , to ally with groups in the emerging ‘ Third World ’ who opposed the capitalist and colonial West . |
| 5 | The situation is analogous to the way in which the genes with their shape-specificity pass on inherited characteristics from one generation to the next . |
| 6 | Tomorrow , the boys from the Beazer Homes League take on second division Bournemouth at Whaddon Road . |